Kaushik Sheth of Fairfax said he had a dream in which a stranger told him he was going to win with the number combination 5-2-0-0. So he played the Virginia Lottery's Pick 4 game with that combination. He bought a $20 ticket, which is comparable to 20 single Pick 4 tickets.

Kim Anderson of Richmond let her car steer her in the right direction of a $175,000 prize from the Virginia Lottery. She and her husband were in the car when they decided to play Pick 4. She chose her winning Pick 4 numbers based on her car’s tripometer.

Randy Johnson is not the kind of person to make a fuss. So when the Chesterfield man discovered he’d won $125,000 in the Virginia Lottery’s Pick 4 game,he smiled and quietly walked out of the store.